Abstract: If you've been keeping up with PCSTATS you'll know that in the Asus EN9600GT videocard review we mentioned that there are other, more affordable graphics cards better suited to playing movies on a HTPC. As luck would have it, one of them magically appeared in the PCSTATS labs this week.70% Rating:

Videocard Benchmarks: FEAR

FEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which
relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled,
even the fastest video cards run at a crawl, FEAR is definitely the new
benchmark for future FPS games to follow.

Sierra FEAR 1.08

1024x768 HQ:

Points

Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2 2GB

266

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A

290

MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC

294

Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A

247

Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M

259

MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830)

243

Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB

158

Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A

150

ASUS EAH4550 512M

60

Diamond HD 3650 PE 512

56

Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT

177

MSI RX2600XT Diamond

103

Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A

188

Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A

109

ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A

228

Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA

237

Sparkle GTX260 Core 216

228

ASUS ENGTS250 DK

173

ASUS EN9600GT DI/512MD3/A

124

Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI

132

Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M

179

Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC

195

Palit Geforce 9600GT 512

183

Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN

197

ASUS EN9400GT
DI/1GLP

35

Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A

160

GeForce 8600GTS SLI

149

Foxconn 8600GTS-256

111

MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC

107

Albatron 8600GT-256

94

MSI NX8500GT-TD256E

54

MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE

143

MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E

138

MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC

112

Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH

78

Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS

68

1600x1200 HQ:

Points

Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2 2GB

203

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A

213

MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC

209

Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A

135

Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M

144

MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830)

136

Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB

81

Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A

78

ASUS EAH4550 512M

28

Diamond HD 3650 PE 512

27

Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT

119

MSI RX2600XT Diamond

49

Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A

114

Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A

59

ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A

124

Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA

134

Sparkle GTX260 Core 216

126

ASUS ENGTS250 DK

171

ASUS EN9600GT DI/512MD3/A

63

Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI

68

Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M

126

Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC

138

Palit Geforce 9600GT 512

128

Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN

125

ASUS EN9400GT
DI/1GLP

16

Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A

138

Foxconn 8600GTS-256

56

MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC

54

Albatron 8600GT-256

48

MSI NX8500GT-TD256E

28

MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE

110

MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E

79

MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC

60

Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH

39

Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS

34

1024x768 HQ w/Soft Shadows:

Points

Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2 2GB

272

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A

213

MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC

209

Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A

248

Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M

166

MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830)

154

Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB

155

Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A

152

ASUS EAH4550 512M

38

Diamond HD 3650 PE 512

40

Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT

143

MSI RX2600XT Diamond

53

Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A

91

Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A

66

ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A

226

Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA

236

Sparkle GTX260 Core 216

224

ASUS ENGTS250 DK

173

ASUS EN9600GT DI/512MD3/A

125

Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI

133

Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M

125

Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC

134

Palit Geforce 9600GT 512

134

Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN

122

ASUS EN9400GT
DI/1GLP

35

Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A

139

Foxconn 8600GTS-256

61

MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC

60

Albatron 8600GT-256

52

MSI NX8500GT-TD256E

23

MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE

114

MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E

85

MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC

63

Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH

40

Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS

31

1600x1200 HQ w/Soft Shadows:

Points

Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2 2GB

201

Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A

133

MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC

132

Asus EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A

135

Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M

85

MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830)

78

Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB

80

Asus EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A

79

ASUS EAH4550 512M

18

Diamond HD 3650 PE 512

18

Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT

75

MSI RX2600XT Diamond

18

Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A

42

Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A

30

ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A

124

Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA

132

Sparkle GTX260 Core 216

126

ASUS ENGTS250 DK

89

ASUS EN9600GT DI/512MD3/A

63

Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI

66

Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M

58

Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC

61

Palit Geforce 9600GT 512

57

Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN

56

ASUS EN9400GT
DI/1GLP

16

Asus EN8800GT TOP/G/HTDP/512M/A

76

GeForce 8600GTS SLI

51

Foxconn 8600GTS-256

27

MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC

26

Albatron 8600GT-256

20

MSI NX8500GT-TD256E

10

MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE

59

MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E

39

MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC

30

Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH

18

Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS

14

FEAR actually gets playable frame rates on the ASUS EN9400GT videocard! Sure it can only manage it
at 1024x768 resolution, and it's got the lowest score out of every videocard
that PCSTATS has tested so far, but it's not like you're buying this card for
bleeding-edge performance, right?